by DMcGirr | Jun 25, 2009 | 365 project, Carpentry, Engineering, Table Polishing, Woodworking
So today is bit devoid of information, so I’ll give you something else: Autocad design after the Jump. It’s a coffin. This is the six sided coffin I knocked up in about six hours, and with some minor adjustments and some streamlining the finished plan will...
by DMcGirr | Mar 23, 2009 | 365 project, Engineering
Hello there my dozens of fans, readers and well wishers. After getting back to Letterkenny with my workbench, the rest of my tools and clean laundry (Thanks for the lift Ma) I got started on a small project. Not going to tell you what that project is yet, but...
by DMcGirr | Mar 11, 2009 | Carpentry, Engineering, Woodworking
Hello and welcome to the first of, hopefully, many tool purchases and reviews. As an amateur carpenter there is seldom greater a joy than purchasing a new gizmo or whirlygig with which to make working with wood and metal not only easier, but more fun. Who...
by DMcGirr | Feb 21, 2009 | Engineering, Photography, Table Polishing
Ok, so I’ve been geeking on tech-hack all night, and I’ve been reminded of something I’ve wanted to do for months. I bought an old camera in a charity shop, and was devastated when I found that they no longer made film for it....
by DMcGirr | Feb 20, 2009 | 365 project, Engineering
I’ve been geeking all evening over at some weird blogs based on people who like to tech hack, and tinker with things. I’m watching a video right now about an elliptical trainer/bike cross. You use an elliptical trainer motion to propel the back wheel, so...
by DMcGirr | Feb 17, 2009 | 365 project, Carpentry, Engineering, Real life sort of stuff
If I look contented in this picture, it’s with good reason. I love doing things, especially handyman sort of things, so today, after getting back from collecting some money from the government; which had been lying in the post office since last Thursday, and no...
